Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-12-22
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


against proof made by Hon. g. ". Case
on q quarter section OF land, now part OF
Scott City. alleging that the proof was de-
fective, and afterward. as o part OF the
same proceedings. a charge OF perjury was
brought against Mr.. Case by the confession
This charge came up recently at Garden
City before United States Commissioner
Thanhauser, and after a brief bearing was
dismissed, the evidence and the circum-
stances showing that the whole proceeding
was Matchmaking scheme.
THE men sinking the well for natural gas
at Leavenworth recently passed through
two-foot vein Of coal ut depth of TO
feet. This is the same vein now being
worked in the east part OF the city.
PROP. E. b. CowGILL. who was appointed
inspector of sugar manufactured in the
State, for which a bounty of two cents per
pound is paid, as provided by the act OF the
Legislature, March 3. 1857. has filed re-
port OF his inspection with Major Sims,
showing the result OF his inspecuon at Fort
Scott. He shows in his report the per cent.
of crystallized and uncrystaliized sugar and
the per cent. of subsian not sugar. He
inspected and branded 725 packages OF
about 30 pounds each. The per cent of
crystallized sugar is from 90 TO IS. The
total amount of sugar manufactured by the
Parkinson Works pa, 7O6 pounds, on
which the State will pay a bounty OF two
cents per pound, amounting to s4,694.12-
ACCORDING TO Topeka telegram, United
States Marshal W. &. Jones and ex-Goy-
eruor Click recently had a narrow escape
from death. Colonel Jones received a tin
box by mail anu attempted TO open it in the
presence of Governor Click. The mys-
terious package was handled by both and a
friend suggested that it might contain
dynamite. The box was taken away and
the cover carefully removed when it was
found TO be filled with a substance which
upon being examined by chemist was
pronounced to he nitro-gly cerine mixed
with some foreign substance. The box
contained a sufficient amount Of the dan
gerous explosive to have shattered the
building and killed a dozen men had it
been subjected to slight conclusion. The
postmark on the wrapper was not legible,
but the inner wrapper was part of a Den
yer paper. Many looked upon the affair as
hoax.
TO THE inquiry of w. A Germany, presi-
dent of the Odd Fellows Funeral Benefit
Association, if there are any benevolent or
beneficiary associations, such as Odd Eel
lows, Free Masons, A. o. U. W., Scottish
Rites, etc. whose headquarters are outside
the State of Kansas, authorized to do bust
ness in the State of Kansas, and if not
what penalty, if any, IS a soliciting or COL
Letting agent liable to for soliciting or col
lccting assessments for any OF these asso-
ciations not authorized to do business in
the State, Insurance Commissioner Wilder
recently replied that all such societies. out
side of the State, are prohi bited from doing
business in Kansas under State laws and the
decision of the Supreme Court, and that
the general penalty is a fine OF $500 with
imprisonment, if not paid.
A CASE of unusual interest to physicians
was recently reported from Rosalla. But
Ter County. A young woman by the name
of Wariff, has, for over three years, been
affected with Il disease that baffled medical
skill. She came to America four years ago
with her husband, from the sea coast OF
Sweden. Shortly after her arrival DIS
agreeable rash broke out on her legs and
from there spread over her body. After
consul alion physicians pronounced it
case of genuine leprosy.
A DISASTROUS collision occurred recently
between two freight trains on the Fort
Scott & Gulf road, near Olathe. One en-
gine and n number of cars were sma shed.
The wreck took fire and many head of cat
tie roasted.
TPE stmaster-General has issued an
order changing the name OF the post-office
at Wyandot;e to Kansas City to correspond
with the name of the town. The order will
go into effect on February L Tue post-of-
fee at ArmStr a suburb of Kansas
City, will be discontinued from the same
date, and the free delivery service will be
extended over the consolidated territory TO
be served from Kansas City. The Office at
Armourdale will probably be discontinued
within Il few weeks.
AT Wichita the other evening a carriage
in which were Mr.. Johnson aud two ladies'
collided with a spring wagon containing
Mr. Cox, his wife and child and two friends,
and the pole of the wagon struck Mr.. john
anu ba Glx
while Mrs. Cox was thrown out of the
wagon and seriously, If not fatally. injured.
Both ladies in the buggy also receig ed Sc
rious injuries.
THE suit of T. c. Henry, formerly of
Kansas" VS.. the Travellers Insurance Com
pany, involving Il sum of nearly 81, OO0, 0JO,
has been decided in favor of Henry. The
suit has been pending for three years,
and grew out of immense lrrigating canals
in Colorado
Mr.. LAwHEAD, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, is said to be compiling
some interesting statistics touching school
work in Kansas during the last year. The
sheet Will include reports from
every county in the State touching the fol-
lowing points: School population; number
of school districts; enrolment; average
daily attendance; number of teachers EN-
ployed; average length Of school year;
average tax for school purposes; average
cost per capita on enrollm .nt; expense of
sites, buildings, ETC., and total expense OF
GAS has been struck at Hutchinson at a
depth Of l, 100. 1t is also reported that sew
eral pockets of fine lubricating oil have al
so been found, one filling the well up 2OS
feet.
OFFICER WILLIAMS, who some months
since shot a saloon keeper named Scott, at
Armourdale while attempting to arrest
him for using insulting language TO ladies,
was lately tried 1T Wyandotte and acquit-
ted.
THE coal famine is reported to be grow
ing alarmingly worse in Western kansas,
and actual suffering inevitable
W. II. II. GRINTER, a prominent citizen |
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